Evaluate the given integral
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Control-drag the integral.
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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A stepwise solution that uses top-level commands except for one application of the Change command from the IntegrationTools package:
Initialization
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Install the IntegrationTools package.
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Let be the name of the given integral.
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Change variables as per Table 6.3.1
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Use the Change command to apply the change of variables .
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Simplify the radical to . Both the numerator and denominator become multiples of .
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Use the value command to evaluate what is now a very simple integral.
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Revert the change of variables by applying the substitution .
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Table 6.3.2(a) displays the annotated stepwise solution provided by the
tutor.
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Table 6.3.2(a) Annotated stepwise solution via Integration Methods tutor
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The Change rule in the tutor subsumes all the simplifications by which the integrand becomes after the change of variables has been made. The Change command in the IntegrationTools command leaves those simplifications for the user to perform.
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Note that an annotated stepwise solution is available via the Context Panel with the "All Solution Steps" option.
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The rules of integration can also be applied via the Context Panel, as per the figure to the right.
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